Saudi Arabian security forces have captured a vulture that was carrying a global positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter and a ring etched with the words “Tel Aviv University.” They suspect the bird of spying for Israel, Maariv-NRG reported Tuesday. The GPS and ring were connected to the bird as part of an long-term project by Israeli scientists that follows vultures’ location and altitude for research purposes.

The arrest of the vulture – whose identification code is R65 – comes several weeks after an Egyptian official voiced the suspicion that a shark that attacked tourists off the Sinai shore was also acting on behalf of Mossad. The incidents may reflect a growing irrational hysteria among Arabs surrounding Israel’s military prowess and the efficacy of its intelligence services, possibly fueled by the Stuxnet virus’ success.

Oh, you beat me to it! Where is Karlson to warn about the threat posed by Zionist avians? How does a vulture keep Kosher? How does this connect to the mass bird drops in this country? Inquiring tin foiled covered minds want to know!

Some irrationality can be expected after the almost certain Israeli involvement in the Dubai assassination, the Iranian computer virus, and most recently in the Lebanese spy cameras.

Based on what little I know I would bet that Israel was indeed responsible for those things. However, I don’t think that is or should be the cause of irrationality in the region (or the West!). I think the irrationality in the region preceded and even created those events.

For example, the Iranian government, frothing with hatred toward Jews and Israel, outwardly talks about wiping Israel off the face of the map and is trying to build nuclear weapons to that end. The virus, if created by Israel with Iran as the target, intended to thwart Iran’s horrific objectives via non-violent means. I’d say the irrationality of Iran led to the virus’ creation.

Not to mention that, if WikiLeaks is to be believed, the leaders of Saudi Arabia and other local countries privately told the US: You need to make sure that Israel does something about that Iranian nuclear program.

Still, I can’t resist getting a chuckle or three out of the dastardly Hebrew Vulture. You simply can’t make these things up.